Freedom in Later Life

Becoming invisible after fifty is a grief no one warns you about — and a freedom no one mentions.

It isn't the best singer who becomes the star. It's the one who won't put the thing down. What Kylie Minogue teaches us about answering our calling after 50.

Carl Jung's idea of the unlived life is one of the most useful frames for the second half. What he meant by the shadow, what becomes hard to ignore at fifty, and what to do about the parts of yourself you set aside.

I made a playlist of old songs to remind myself of who I once was or who I am. What followed changed everything I thought I knew about age, permission, and what it means to still be here.